Shaman

Similar to a Cleric, but closer to a tribal witch doctor, the Shaman can be found amongst the more primitive races.
 Her primary focus is healing, but she can employ many augmentation and offensive spells as well.  
- EverQuest manual

Description

The Shaman is one of the most understated classes in Norrath. They are very well rounded offering powerful offense, defense, and buffs.

Shamans can wear two types of plate armours in the world of Norrath. This affords them a high amount of protection, which helps greatly when soloing.

Shamans have two forms of offense. Their most powerful damage lies through the damage over time spells (DOT's). Shamans get two powerful lines of these spells. One poison based, and the other disease based. They can stack these spells to achieve a very efficient damage output. Alternatively they can also use their cold damage based direct damage spells. These are good for adding in a little extra punch, or for fights of short durations.

In terms of defense and debuffs, Shamans have the most powerful Slowing Spells and Resistance debuffs in the game. This greatly reduces the damage output of the enemy and also assists the entire party in succeeding on magical attacks.

Shamans also have the best buffs in the game, able to increase all statistics except for Wisdom and Intelligence by over 50 points at higher levels. This not only makes them highly sought after in groups, but means that the shamans can be a lot more selective in what equipment they choose to wear. They also have spells to increase running speed and attack rate, as well as increasing hitpoints and AC.

Shamans can use almost any one or two handed blunt weapon in the game, and have a limited selection of piercing weapons at their disposal also. Shamans can melee reasonably well with their buffs up, and with a pet at their side are capable of doing some serious damage. Downtime is also minimised with Shamans with both a health regeneration spell, direct healing spells, and a hitpoint to mana conversion spell.

Shamans are the only class which can do Alchemy, a trade skill which can help in funding the purchase of spells or equipment as your character progresses.

The downside to Shaman's is that they can get very repetitive. With so many awesome buffs at their disposal they are always getting begged for spells. In dungeon raids their main purposes are buffing and debuffing, with very little mana left to actually get into the nitty gritty of the fights. Also most of the Shaman races are evil, and are forced to travel lengthy distances to bank and resupply.

Also in order to be mana efficient Shamans normally have to use Damage Over Time spells. This normally results in kiting or a drawn out process of rooting and DOT'ing. This can be particularly difficult on caster mobs which will still have offensive capability even though rooted.

Shaman's can only charm animals up to mid levels, and they only get a few pet upgrades.

The shaman class is a very enjoyable one to play, particularly for those who enjoy role-playing. It is a very self-sufficient class, which functions excellently both as a soloist or in a group.

Class Titles

Level 1-50	Level 51-54	Level 55-59	Level 60
Shaman	Mystic	Luminary	Oracle

Creation Guide

Picking the Right Race

The first thing you have to pick then is your race. Which race you pick will determine the foundation of you character for the rest of your life in Norrath so it is kind of important you pick one you like. Fortunately there is no truly "bad" Shaman race, so you can't pick wrong.

Races

Barbarians are the only shaman race which is not evil. All the other races are killed on sight in the old world (ie. in almost all non-Kunark/Velious cities, and by guards in nearby zones). Barbarians level the fastest of the races. Barbarians have no night vision, but can wear both medium and large sized armour.

Ogres level slightly slower than the Barbarians, but have the advantage of not being able to be stunned from blows delivered to their front. They can still be stunned if attacked from behind. Ogres also have some basic night vision and very high Strength and Stamina.

Trolls level considerably slower than the Ogre. They have the added bonus of an increased health regeneration rate. This amount increases as their level increases.

Iksar share the same regenerative abilities as trolls, can forage, have an innate AC bonus, but they cannot wear plate armor - including Planar and Kunark sets. Things even out in Velious, but think carefully before choosing an Iksar. Iksar are hated in almost every city, good or evil.

Differentiating Factors

• Faction: Only Barbarians can travel freely to all good cities in the old world; every other race is killed on sight. Iksar have it even worse, as they are killed on sight everywhere except Cabilis and Velious.
• Jaundiced Bone Bracer: If you can afford this (roughly 10k) item at level 45 it will help you level significantly faster, as it lets you cast a mana-free direct damage spell. Every Shaman race except Iksar can use this item (Iksar actually can't wear any plate armor before Velious, but the JBB is by far the most relevant plate item).
• Frontal Stun Immunity: Only Ogres get this racial ability, which prevents them from being stunned by mobs in front of them. This ability is of limited use while leveling up, but can be more useful (though certainly not necessary) for soloing high-end content.
• Regeneration: Both Trolls and Iksar get faster regeneration than other races. This varies by level, being roughly twice as fast at level 1 and almost three times as fast by level 60. Racial regeneration is particularly useful as a Shaman levels up, but less so at higher levels. Once they acquires the spell Torpor at level 60 regeneration becomes almost completely irrelevant.
• Iksar Abilities: Iksar get several minor abilities that other races don't, including Forage, additional AC, and a starting Swimming skill of 100. Iksar also get a unique quest line Shaman Skull Quests, but because that line wasn't completed in the classic era it's reward isn't very good.
• Deity Symbol Quests: All Shaman can complete a quest at low levels to get an item with a right-click effect. The Barbarian Initiate Symbol of the Tribunal is the least useful (it summons a magic hammer which quickly becomes inferior to normal weapons). The Ogre Initiate Symbol of Rallos Zek is also less useful (it casts a level 1 Cleric short duration melee self-buff, Yaulp). Trolls get a choice between Cazic Thule (God) and Innoruuk (God), while Iksar must pick Cazic Thule (and may have a harder time doing the quest because of their faction). The Initiate Symbol of Cazic Thule and Disciple Symbol of Cazic Thule let Cazic Thule Shaman cast low-level fear spells on undead and animals, which can be useful when soloing. Finally there is the (Innoruuk-worshipping) Troll-only Regent Symbol of Innoruuk, which let's the Shaman cast the level 1 Necromancer snare spell Clinging Darkness. Since Shaman never get a snare spell, and since such spells can prevent mobs from running away and getting help from other mobs, this is probably the most useful item.
• Infravision: All Shaman races except Barbarians get Infravision. However, due to the Project 1999 Titanium client's ability to raise Alphas levels, this is much less of an issue than it was on live.
• Statistics: Combining the two main Shaman statistics (Stamina and Wisdom) you get: Ogre 204, Troll 184, Barbarian 180, Iksar 165. However, if you plan to reach level 60 and raid, eventually you can acquire gear that lets you reach maximum stat values, so statistics should not be a primary concern for a starting shaman who expects to play that far.
• Starting Area: Because Kunark (the Iksar home continent) was developed after Antonica (the home continent of the other three races), most players would agree that its zones were better designed and are more friendly to new characters. For instance, the Barbarian starting area has the high-level Vengeful NPCs who kill low level characters, while the Iksar starting zones like Field of Bone don't have such higher-level monsters wandering through low-level areas.
• Appearance: Arguably this is more important than any of the above factors. Your character's basic appearance will never change, and if you don't like looking at your character it won't matter what in-game benefits their race offers, so be sure to pick a race that you personally are attracted to (for more than just in-game benefits).
• Bear Form Appearance: When Shaman reach level 55 they get the spell Form of the Great Bear. Barbarians using this spell appear as polar bears, Ogres as grizzly bears, and Trolls and Iksar as black bears.

Starting Statistics

The primary two stats for Shaman are Stamina and Wisdom, and Shaman are highly encouraged to spend their bonus points on these two stats. Reasonable Shaman can disagree about the exact benefit of one vs. the other (and of HP vs. Mana in general).

The remaining stats have marginal benefit to Shaman. Greater Strength allows carrying more weight, greater Charisma saves money on merchant transactions, and Dexterity increases the rate of weapon "procs" (such as the Worker Sledgemallet).

Intelligence is completely worthless to Shaman, and Agility only offers very minor AC increases ... above 75. However, below 75 Agility adds much more significantly to AC, so Ogre Shaman should very likely put at least five bonus points into this stat.

The following table lists the starting stats of each Shaman race. The XP penalty column describes how much additional experience the race requires. For instance, a Barbarian Shaman would require 105% of the experience that a character with no penalty (eg. a Human Cleric) would require to be the same level.

All races get 30 additional stat points at character creation.

Race	Str	Sta	Agi	Dex	Wis	Int	Cha	Total
Barbarian	103	100	82	70	80	60	60	555
Iksar	70	75	90	85	90	75	60	545
Ogre	130	127	70	70	77	60	42	576
Troll	108	114	83	75	70	52	45	547

Religion

Regardless of their religion, every Shaman race except Barbarian (who must pick The Tribunal as their religion) will be hated by "good" NPCs. Since a shaman's religion won't make him more hated, which one you choose won't matter much. Unfortunately since all evil religion choices are hated, even if you work to improve your "good" factions (by killing enemies of good factions), you will still never be able to trade in many "good" zones because of your race and religion.

Troll Shaman that choose to worship Innoruuk have the benefit of being able to quest for Regent Symbol of Innoruuk which gives them a low level snare effect (slowing a monsters movement speed).

Spells

Spell Name	Level	Mana	Skill	Target Type
Burst of Flame	1	4	Evocation	Single target
Cure Disease	1	20	Alteration	Single target
Dexterous Aura	1	10	Alteration	Single target
Endure Cold	1	20	Abjuration	Single target
Flash of Light	1	12	Divination	Single target
Inner Fire	1	10	Abjuration	Single target
Minor Healing	1	10	Alteration	Single target
Strengthen	1	10	Alteration	Single target
True North	1	5	Divination	Self only
Cure Poison	2	20	Alteration	Single target
Spirit Pouch	2	40	Conjuration	Self only
Summon Drink	2	10	Conjuration	Self only
Feet like Cat	3	40	Alteration	Single target
Scale Skin	3	25	Abjuration	Single target
Fleeting Fury	4	10	Abjuration	Single target
Frost Rift	4	19	Evocation	Single target
Sicken	4	12	Conjuration	Single target
Drowsy	5	20	Alteration	Single target
Endure Fire	5	20	Abjuration	Single target
Gate	5	70	Alteration	Self only
Serpent Sight	6	30	Divination	Single target
Spirit of Bear	6	40	Abjuration	Single target
Summon Food	6	10	Conjuration	Self only
Cure Blindness	7	20	Alteration	Single target
Sense Animals	7	5	Divination	Self only
Spirit Sight	7	20	Divination	Single target
Endure Disease	8	20	Abjuration	Single target
Tainted Breath	8	64	Conjuration	Single target
Talisman of the Beast	8	25	Alteration	Group teleport
Light Healing	9	28	Alteration	Single target
Remove Minor Curse	9	25	Alteration	Single target
Spirit of Wolf	9	40	Alteration	Single target
Invisibility versus Animals	10	30	Divination	Single target
Levitate	10	30	Alteration	Single target
Spirit of Snake	10	40	Alteration	Single target
Burst of Strength	11	15	Abjuration	Single target
Endure Poison	11	20	Abjuration	Single target
Turtle Skin	11	50	Abjuration	Single target
Disempower	12	45	Alteration	Single target
Enduring Breath	12	35	Alteration	Single target
Root	12	30	Alteration	Single target
Walking Sleep	13	60	Alteration	Single target
Bind Affinity	14	0	Alteration	Single target
Bind Affinity	14	100	Alteration	Single target
Spirit Strike	14	44	Evocation	Single target
Infectious Cloud	15	78	Conjuration	Area of effect around the target
Shrink	15	50	Alteration	Single target
Frenzy	16	35	Abjuration	Self only
Grow	16	50	Alteration	Single target
Tiny Companion	16	50	Alteration	Caster's pet
Insidious Fever	17	30	Conjuration	Single target
Vision	17	10	Divination	Single target
Malaise	18	60	Alteration	Single target
Spirit of Cat	18	60	Alteration	Single target
Spirit Strength	18	40	Alteration	Single target
Affliction	19	59	Conjuration	Single target
Cancel Magic	19	30	Abjuration	Single target
Endure Magic	19	40	Abjuration	Single target
Healing	19	65	Alteration	Single target
Creeping Vision	20	20	Divination	Self only
Protect	20	75	Abjuration	Single target
Spirit of Cheetah	21	20	Alteration	Self only
Spirit of Monkey	21	40	Alteration	Single target
Spirit of Ox	21	60	Alteration	Single target
Counteract Disease	22	50	Alteration	Single target
Poison Storm	22	125	Evocation	Area of effect around the target
Scale of Wolf	22	60	Alteration	Single target
Cannibalize	23	1	Alteration	Self only
Frost Strike	23	78	Evocation	Single target
Regeneration	23	100	Alteration	Single target
Envenomed Breath	24	181	Conjuration	Single target
Remove Lesser Curse	24	75	Alteration	Single target
Resist Cold	24	50	Abjuration	Single target
A Little Luck	25	0	Alteration	Self only
Befriend Animal	25	70	Alteration	Animal
Form of the Bear	25	100	Alteration	Self only
Lizard Liver	25	0	Alteration	Self only
Rising Dexterity	25	60	Alteration	Single target
Counteract Poison	26	50	Alteration	Single target
Quickness	26	80	Alteration	Single target
Ultravision	26	55	Divination	Single target
Invisibility	27	30	Divination	Single target
Resist Fire	27	50	Abjuration	Single target
Tagar's Insects	27	125	Alteration	Single target
Alluring Aura	28	60	Alteration	Single target
Raging Strength	28	60	Alteration	Single target
Greater Healing	29	115	Alteration	Single target
Imbue Amber	29	200	Alteration	Self only
Imbue Diamond	29	200	Alteration	Self only
Imbue Ivory	29	225	Alteration	Self only
Imbue Jade	29	200	Alteration	Self only
Imbue Sapphire	29	200	Alteration	Self only
Listless Power	29	90	Alteration	Single target
Mass Imbue Amber	29	600	Alteration	Self only
Mass Imbue Diamond	29	600	Alteration	Self only
Mass Imbue Ivory	29	675	Alteration	Self only
Mass Imbue Jade	29	600	Alteration	Self only
Mass Imbue Sapphire	29	600	Alteration	Self only
Spirit of the Shrew	29	80	Alteration	Single target
Fury	30	50	Abjuration	Self only
Health	30	80	Alteration	Single target
Resist Disease	30	50	Abjuration	Single target
Nimble	31	80	Alteration	Single target
Scourge	31	130	Conjuration	Single target
Shifting Shield	31	80	Abjuration	Single target
Charm Animals	32	120	Alteration	Animal
Companion Spirit	32	350	Conjuration	Self only
Malaisement	32	100	Alteration	Single target
Talisman of Quickness	32	335	Alteration	Group
Talisman of Tnarg	32	125	Alteration	Single target
Instill	33	60	Alteration	Single target
Winter's Roar	33	116	Evocation	Single target
Curse	34	221	Alteration	Single target
Pack Shrew	34	320	Alteration	Group teleport
Shock of the Tainted	34	131	Conjuration	Single target
Resist Poison	35	50	Abjuration	Single target
Tumultuous Strength	35	150	Alteration	Group
Assiduous Vision	36	50	Divination	Single target
Gale of Poison	36	200	Evocation	Area of effect around the target
Glamour	37	80	Alteration	Single target
Venom of the Snake	37	172	Conjuration	Single target
Vigilant Spirit	37	400	Conjuration	Self only
Cannibalize II	38	1	Alteration	Self only
Insidious Malady	38	60	Conjuration	Single target
Remove Curse	38	75	Alteration	Single target
Togor's Insects	38	175	Alteration	Single target
Blinding Luminance	39	50	Divination	Single target
Chloroplast	39	200	Alteration	Single target
Deftness	39	80	Alteration	Single target
Furious Strength	39	80	Alteration	Single target
Spirit Salve	39	151	Alteration	Single target
Summon Companion	40	50	Conjuration	Self only
Talisman of Altuna	40	250	Alteration	Single target
Agility	41	100	Alteration	Single target
Guardian Spirit	41	450	Conjuration	Self only
Incapacitate	41	150	Alteration	Single target
Alacrity	42	115	Alteration	Single target
Blast of Poison	42	167	Conjuration	Single target
Guardian	42	150	Abjuration	Single target
Odium	43	260	Conjuration	Single target
Resist Magic	43	85	Abjuration	Single target
Stamina	43	100	Alteration	Single target
Blizzard Blast	44	147	Evocation	Single target
Nullify Magic	44	50	Abjuration	Single target
Spirit of Bih`Li	44	120	Alteration	Group
Stoicism	44	180	Alteration	Single target
Frenzied Spirit	45	500	Conjuration	Self only
Rage	45	100	Abjuration	Self only
Strength	46	100	Alteration	Single target
Charisma	47	100	Alteration	Single target
Shock of Venom	47	227	Conjuration	Single target
Abolish Disease	48	100	Alteration	Single target
Dexterity	48	100	Alteration	Single target
Malosi	48	175	Alteration	Single target
Talisman of Alacrity	48	465	Alteration	Group
Envenomed Bolt	49	202	Conjuration	Single target
Harnessing of Spirit	49	425	Alteration	Single target
Infusion of Spirit	49	200	Alteration	Single target
Kragg's Salve	49	206	Alteration	Single target
Plague	49	172	Conjuration	Single target
Spirit Quickening	50	50	Alteration	Caster's pet
Talisman of Jasinth	50	150	Abjuration	Group
Everlasting Breath	51	55	Alteration	Single target
Immobilize	51	80	Alteration	Single target
Levitation	51	60	Alteration	Single target
Superior Healing	51	185	Alteration	Single target
Turgur's Insects	51	250	Alteration	Single target
Blood of Nadox	52	300	Alteration	Group teleport
Disinfecting Aura	52	100	Alteration	Single target
Eradicate Disease	52	250	Alteration	Single target
Insidious Decay	52	100	Conjuration	Single target
Primal Essence	52	100	Alteration	Single target
Regrowth	52	300	Alteration	Single target
Spirit of Scale	52	150	Alteration	Group
Cripple	53	225	Alteration	Single target
Deliriously Nimble	53	150	Alteration	Single target
Talisman of Shadoo	53	150	Abjuration	Group
Anathema	54	320	Conjuration	Single target
Blast of Venom	54	289	Conjuration	Single target
Cannibalize III	54	1	Alteration	Self only
Eradicate Curse	54	400	Alteration	Single target
Ice Strike	54	198	Evocation	Single target
Plague of Insects	54	250	Conjuration	Single target
Remove Greater Curse	54	100	Alteration	Single target
Riotous Health	54	150	Alteration	Single target
Shroud of the Spirits	54	200	Abjuration	Single target
Annul Magic	55	75	Abjuration	Single target
Chloroblast	55	331	Alteration	Single target
Form of the Great Bear	55	135	Alteration	Self only
Idol of Malo	55	140	Conjuration	Self only
Spirit of the Howler	55	650	Conjuration	Self only
Talisman of Kragg	55	375	Alteration	Single target
Torrent of Poison	55	380	Evocation	Area of effect around the target
Acumen	56	75	Divination	Single target
Bane of Nife	56	493	Conjuration	Single target
Celerity	56	185	Alteration	Single target
Eradicate Poison	56	250	Alteration	Single target
Paralyzing Earth	56	100	Alteration	Single target
Regrowth of Dar Khura	56	600	Alteration	Group
Malosini	57	200	Alteration	Single target
Maniacal Strength	57	150	Alteration	Single target
Talisman of the Brute	57	350	Alteration	Group
Talisman of the Cat	57	350	Alteration	Group
Acumen of Dar Khura	58	210	Divination	Group
Cannibalize IV	58	1	Alteration	Self only
Kragg's Mending	58	400	Alteration	Single target
Mortal Deftness	58	150	Alteration	Single target
Talisman of Epuration	58	400	Abjuration	Group
Talisman of the Rhino	58	350	Alteration	Group
Talisman of the Serpent	58	350	Alteration	Group
Tigir's Insects	58	350	Alteration	Area of effect around the target
Incarnate Anew	59	700	Alteration	Target's corpse
Pox of Bertoxxulous	59	321	Conjuration	Single target
Talisman of the Raptor	59	350	Alteration	Group
Unfailing Reverence	59	150	Alteration	Single target
Voice of the Berserker	59	1	Abjuration	Self only
Ancient: Feral Avatar	60	325	Alteration	Single target
Ancient: Scourge of Nife	60	440	Conjuration	Single target
Avatar	60	325	Alteration	Single target
Focus of Spirit	60	500	Alteration	Single target
Group Primal Essence	60	100	Alteration	Group
Khura's Focusing	60	1250	Alteration	Group
Malo	60	350	Alteration	Single target
Primal Avatar	60	325	Alteration	Single target
Talisman of Celerity	60	750	Alteration	Group
Torpor	60	200	Alteration	Single target